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authorMichael Adam <obnox@samba.org>2016-01-06 23:38:23 +0100
committerVolker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>2016-01-07 12:57:10 +0100
commit8ca6fe6d75f296f70a51513063466e48691028d9 (patch)
tree4248b876555f7e5413e47b75f40aab9dc866a1a3 /docs-xml
parent0cae2270089bfd8aa4b3f71ba6038ee3db766988 (diff)
downloadsamba-8ca6fe6d75f296f70a51513063466e48691028d9.tar.gz
docs:smbdotconf: fix the description of 'machine password timeout'
This parameter also covers 'security = ads'. Signed-off-by: Michael Adam <obnox@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/domain/machinepasswordtimeout.xml11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/domain/machinepasswordtimeout.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/domain/machinepasswordtimeout.xml
index e7d8d44dac6..be4e0e9d934 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/domain/machinepasswordtimeout.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/domain/machinepasswordtimeout.xml
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
<description>
<para>
- If a Samba server is a member of a Windows NT Domain (see the <smbconfoption
- name="security">domain</smbconfoption> parameter) then periodically a running smbd process will try and change
- the MACHINE ACCOUNT PASSWORD stored in the TDB called <filename moreinfo="none">private/secrets.tdb
+ If a Samba server is a member of a Windows NT or Active Directory Domain (see the <smbconfoption
+ name="security">domain</smbconfoption> and
+ <smbconfoption name="security">ads</smbconfoption> parameters),
+ then periodically a running winbindd process will try and change
+ the MACHINE ACCOUNT PASSWORD stored in the TDB called <filename moreinfo="none">secrets.tdb
</filename>. This parameter specifies how often this password will be changed, in seconds. The default is one
week (expressed in seconds), the same as a Windows NT Domain member server.
</para>
<para>
See also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbpasswd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- and the <smbconfoption name="security">domain</smbconfoption> parameter.
+ and the <smbconfoption name="security">domain</smbconfoption>
+ and <smbconfoption name="security">ads</smbconfoption> parameters.
</para>
</description>